Swim England<\/strong> chief executive Jane Nickerson<\/strong> is optimistic that good progress is being made after Government and public health officials were shown how facilities can operate safely with a tour of four pools.<\/p>\n

The delegation, led by Deputy Chief Medical Officer Professor Jonathan Van-Tam<\/strong>, and public health officials, were taken around four indoor and outdoor pools.<\/p>\n

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Nickerson called for scientific evidence as to why they remained closed while Swim England launched the #OpenOurPools campaign which won backing from past and present Olympic champions Becky Adlington and Adam Peaty.<\/a><\/p>\n
A petition collected more than 50,000 signatures<\/a> which was then handed to the Government demanding a review into the decision which came as a hammer blow, compounded by the news that Prime Minister<\/strong> Boris Johnson<\/strong> had given the green light for pubs, restaurants, hair salons, cinemas and museums to open for business once again from this coming Saturday.<\/p>\n
The countdown is now on to what is being called #SuperSaturday – unfortunate to say the least when London 2012\u00a0 featured a night at the athletics stadium in the Olympic Park during which Jessica Ennis-Hill, Mo Farah<\/strong> and Greg Rutherford<\/strong> all won gold for Great Britain.<\/p>\n
That was also given the sobriquet #SuperSaturday but there is an uncomfortable irony given that night eight years ago represented the pinnacle of physical achievement and this coming 4 July is predicted to be one of human excess.<\/p>\n
Neither does it escape notice that Johnson was then the Mayor of London and was happy to bask in the glow of athletic success.<\/p>\n
Nickerson said in a statement from Swim England<\/a>:<\/p>\n
\u201cYesterday, we presented our petition to the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport and we thank everyone again for the support they have given to our #OpenOurPools campaign.<\/p>\n
\u201cI am pleased to update everyone that the visit today was positive. We still await an official announcement when pools can reopen again but we see this a positive sign that things are moving in the right direction.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
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